Chapter 53 – Evidence
When Henry was treating Vivian’s wounds, some police officers were busy checking all the surveillance cameras.
They came and inspected the venue and called another team to gather fingerprints.
After an arduous hour, the evidence was conclusive.
“Miss Stone, please come with us to the police station.” The officer said.
“Officer, since I am injured, can I file the lawsuit from here or send my lawyer for the same? Do I need to go there personally?” Vivian was smug about her victory.
“Miss Stone, you are being apprehended as the prime suspect for sabotaging this event.” He explained to her clearly.
Vivian was so shocked that she stood up abruptly and hurt her wounds.
“Ah!” She exclaimed.
Trying to regain her composure, she asked.
“I am the victim here. I am the one who got hurt. How can you arrest me and not her? She is the organizer, she should be responsible. Or did she perhaps bribe you?” She asked, annoyed.
Some people echoed her thoughts.
“Yes, she is clearly the victim here.”
“Maybe the Smith group and L&L Designs bribed the police and used Vivian as their scapegoat.”
“How can the police arrest her after she is hurt?”
The police officers were unfazed.
“P city police department is not like the part-time workers of the PTW association who can be bribed with a thousand dollars by you, Miss Vivian. Neither are we stupid enough like their technician who could not even delete the surveillance footage of you coming here last night at 1 am and loosening the screw of the box, and adding a glass-covered magnet which you removed just now to make the box fall.”
Vivian was horrified, but she still played innocent.
“What nonsense are you talking about?” She asked, “I don’t understand anything you are saying.”
The police officer looked at her impassively as he answered, “You also sneaked inside the venue without an invitation. Everyone who received an invitation was fitted with a magnetic shoe case on the soles of their shoes without them knowing. This was done for additional security in case anything like this happened as there have been 5 cases in the last 2 months where the glass box toppled and the people were hurt. The magnetic shoe is designed to repel the particles which were mixed while making these boxes. While it’s not a full-proof solution, it has been proved effective to a great extent in preventing people from getting hurt, or at least getting hurt severely.”
In order to test the theory, a lot of people wanted to step forward and test it.
The security staff let them test it out, a few people at the time, and indeed, it did repel or slow down the glass shards, which would greatly minimize the chances of people getting seriously hurt.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.
They had to admire the preparation of L&L Design and Smith Group. It was not unheard of that showpieces topple over sometimes causing great harm.